Sheraden Borough
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 140, April T., 1907, by William J. Sheraden et al., from order of Q. S. Allegheny Co., June T., 1906, Miscellaneous Docket No 40, in annexation proceedings to the city of Pittsburg In re Petition of Qualified Voters of the Borough of Sheraden. Petition for the annexation of Sheraden borough to the city of Pittsburg. Before Evans, J. The opinion of the Superior Court states the case. Error assigned was the decree of the court affirming the annexation.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Beaver, J.,
The inquiry suggested by the assignments of error in this case involves the consideration of the constitutionality and the interpretation of, and the regularity of the proceeding under, the Act of April 28, 1903, P. L. 332, entitled “ An act for the annexation of any city, borough, township, or part of a township, to a contiguous city, and providing for the indebtedness of the same,”-under and in pursuance of which, certain of the inhabitants of the borough of Sheraden sought to be annexed to the city of Pittsburg, the final decree of annexation being contested by the…
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